Suspenders



thatinopartiof .themetal will strike 'aga-inst Patented ug. 23, 1932 WALTER-i J. Ennis, or* jiNDIANAroLIs, INDIANA sUsrnNDnR-s Application ined .December 3, yleal.` sensing). i 578,211.

`lThisinvention relates to suspenders of the invisible type described in my allowed application. filed yNovember 5,4 1930, Serial No. 493,634, Patent N0. 1,839,143;

5 f .Ordi'narily, where. theV button tabs of sus pendersproject through openings in the shirt, evenlthough the-openings are reinforced, the

metal bars Ywhich. secure the button tabs to theA shirt fare' prone to .fray andvv tear the ends of the-openings; To overcome this objection, my present.inventionprovides a front detachable inetalbar rwhich may beapplied after the button ,tabs-tarief passed through the openings so theopenings in the shirt to mutilate the saine.

A further object of the invention is to provideani.v improved anchoring clip in three piecesytwooffthe pieces having interfitting -j hooks which cooperate in receiving the spring gq spirit or sacrificing any'of legs of a catch which removably unites the anchoring clip as a unit assembly to the shirt.

A still further object is to provide an improved anchoring clamp for Suspenders tabs -v r of simple construction and which may be easily applied and, when applied, will be held rmly in proper position.

With the above and other objects in view the invention consists in certain novel details 1 of construction and combinations of parts hereinafter fully described and claimed, it being understood that various modications may be resorted to within the scope of the appended claims without departing from the the advantages of the invention.

In the accompanying drawing forming part of this specification,

Figure 1 is a perspective view showing the manner of applying my improved invisible Suspenders to a shirt,

Fig. 2 is an enlarged view of one of the button tabs and anchoring clip, looking from the outside of the shirt,

Fig. 3 is a view similar to Fig. 2 but looki ing from the inside of the shirt,

Fig. 4 is a longitudinal sectional view taken on the line 4 4 of Fig. 2,

Fig. 5 is a cross sectional view-taken on the line 5-5 of Fig. 2,

Fig. 6 is a detail perspective View showing the parts of the lanchoring clip disassembled.

Referring nowto the drawingin which like characters of reference Adesignate similar parts in the various views, 10 designates a shirt andll-suspenders the invisible type, the shoulder straps of,` which are engaged throughV loops 12 "sented, inside the shoulders ofthe shirt. Thefsuspendersare equipped with the-usual button tabs 13 which are passed outwardly through .slits 14, formed in the shirt, to engage thesuspender buttons.

In ,order to anchoi-1 tlie Suspenders tothe shirt at the slits 14 and prevent the shirt creeping to an uncomfortable position, I pror vide ananchoring clip, best shown in perspective Fi'g 6,*co1vnprising abackzpieceV 15 having the-upper Vend 16 disposed atan angle to the axis of the back piece .and havingv struck from said upper Yend a pair of lateral tabs lvvonweach side thereof which may be bent over the Suspenders. The back piece is providedvwith a pairof long lateral tabs or bars 18 which aredisposed in alinement and project to'engagethe inside `of the shirt,`above the slit`14, asshown vinv Fig. 3.V Moreover, the back piece `vis further provided on the front side thereof andnear the bottom thereof with a pair of hooks v19 which yextend over the front face of the back piece and have their eXtreme ends beveled, asshown at 20.

,Afront ypiece 21 is also provided, the same having, at the top, a pair oflaterally extending tabs or bars 22 which are ofapproximately the same length asthe bars 18 and are adapted to` engage the front ofthe shirt just belowvsaid Vbarsl, asbest shown in Fig.2. The bars 18 andl22 coact vin clampingthe shirt-between them and preventing` creeping of the shirt.' ylhefro'nt'piece 21 provided with hooks 23'struck vfromA the' blank and eX-V tending oppositely to ,the hooks 19. The ends of-thehooks 23 are beveled` 'as shown at 24, in an` oppositedirection'from the ends of the hooks 19, the beveled ends of both hooks being adapted to-meet and'forrn a continuous eyeasbes t showny in Fig. 5, fwhenfthefront piece is applied: to thegback Vpiece with the hooksl9 lofthebackpiece extending through from kopposite sides ofthe back piece y the openings from which the hooks of the front piece are struck.

For removably uniting the front piece to the back piece, I provide a substantially U- shaped spring clamp or catch 26, the bight of which is bowed downwardly, as shown in Fig. 4, and engaged in an arcuate loop 28 struck from the top edge of the front piece. The legs of the catch are provided with spring eyes 29, near the loop, and also the legs are terminally provided withi eyes 30 which latter eyes may be grasped by the operators lingers to press the legs toward each other, as best shown in Fig. 6, to pass into the hooks 23 of the front piece and a1 low the front piece to be removed or applied tothe back piece.

The loop 28 prevents turning of the catch on the front piece so that the legs of the catch are always properly positioned to slide along the front piece when the front piece is being applied or removed from the back piece. It will also be observed that the back piece is provided at the bottom with a pair of outstanding tabs 31, the purpose of which is to provide stops against which the legs of the catch engage and are thereby limited in outward movement. The hooks 23 of the front piece limit inward movement of the legs to` ward each other.

In operation, let us assume that the anchor` ing clip is applied as shown in Fig. 2 and it is desired to detach the clip from the shirt. It is simply necessary to press the eyes 30 of the catch toward each other so that the legs pass from the hooks 19 of the back piece into the hooks 23 of the front piece, as shown in Fig. 6. Thereupon the front piece may be lifted bodily outwardly from the back piece while the legs are held pressed together. Upon release, the legs spring outwardly against the stops 31 to inoperative position. Thereupon the button tabs 13 may be detached from the suspender buttons and the Suspenders applied to a clean shirt.

From the above description it is thought that the construction and operation of my invention will be fully understood withoutv further explanation.

What is claimed is,

l. Suspenders comprising straps terminating in button-engaging tabs adapted to be passed outwardly through slits in a shirt worn over the Suspenders, and clips on the tabs for anchoring the Suspenders to the shirt, at said slits, each comprising a back piece fixed to the tab and a front piece removably secured to the back piece.

2. Suspenders comprising straps terminating in button-engaging tabs adapted to be passed outwardly through slits in a shirt worn over the Suspenders, a back piece permanently secured to each tab and having hooks on the front face, a front piece having openings through which said hooks project and provided with hooks at the ends of said openings turned toward the first-named hooks, and a U-shaped catch carried by the front piece having spring legs engageable in the hooks of the back piece to assemble the front piece and the back piece as a unit and engageable in the hooks of the front piece to permit disengagement of the front piece bodily from the back piece.

3. Suspenders comprising straps terminating in button-engaging tabs adapted to be passed outwardly through slits in a shirt worn over the Suspenders, a back piece carried by each tab having outwardly extending alined arms adapted to enga-ge the back of the shirt near the corresponding slit, a front piece having alined arms adapted to engage the front of the shirt near said slit, said arms binding the shirt between them, said front piece hav'- ing hooks struck therefrom provided with beveled edges, said back piece having hooks struck therefrom engageable through openings formed in the front piece andhaving beveled edges to mate with the beveled edges of the hooks of the front piece, the hooks of the front piece and the back piece coacting in ormingeyes when the front piece is assembled with the back piece, and an inverted U-shaped spring catch nonrotatably mounted on the front piece and having llegs engaged in said eyes to detachably mount the front piece upon the back piece.

In testimony Whereoi:` I alfix my signature.

WALTER J. ELLIS. 

